Study of the Safety, Efficacy and Cycle Control of a Contraceptive Vaginal Ring

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the one-year data on the contraceptive efficacy and safety of the 150/15 NES/EE CVR as the basis for regulatory approvals of this CVR as a new delivery system for contraception.

Timeline

Start

2006-12

Primary completion

2009-01

Completion

2011-09

Publications

• Plagianos MG, Ramanadhan S, Merkatz RB, Brache V, Friedland BA, Haddad LB. Risk factors for and outcomes of ring expulsions with a 1-year contraceptive vaginal system. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 May;230(5):548.e1-548.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.01.020. Epub 2024 Jan 29.
• Vieira CS, Fraser IS, Plagianos MG, Burke AE, Westhoff CL, Jensen J, Brache V, Bahamondes L, Merkatz R, Sitruk-Ware R, Blithe DL. Bleeding profile associated with 1-year use of the segesterone acetate/ethinyl estradiol contraceptive vaginal system: pooled analysis from Phase 3 trials. Contraception. 2019 Dec;100(6):438-444. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2019.07.145. Epub 2019 Aug 6.
• Archer DF, Merkatz RB, Bahamondes L, Westhoff CL, Darney P, Apter D, Jensen JT, Brache V, Nelson AL, Banks E, Bartfai G, Portman DJ, Plagianos M, Dart C, Kumar N, Creasy GW, Sitruk-Ware R, Blithe DL. Efficacy of the 1-year (13-cycle) segesterone acetate and ethinylestradiol contraceptive vaginal system: results of two multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase 3 trials. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Aug;7(8):e1054-e1064. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30265-7. Epub 2019 Jun 20.
• Huang Y, Merkatz RB, Hillier SL, Roberts K, Blithe DL, Sitruk-Ware R, Creinin MD. Effects of a One Year Reusable Contraceptive Vaginal Ring on Vaginal Microflora and the Risk of Vaginal Infection: An Open-Label Prospective Evaluation. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 12;10(8):e0134460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134460. eCollection 2015.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.